Shelly had not thought of that and said, "Forget it. I don't want to disturb him."
Seeing how polite Shelly was, the receptionist desperately wanted to help her. "Please wait, Ms. Taylor. I will call up to see if Mr. Tate is busy," the receptionist said and picked up the landline. "Mr. Taylor from Courtney's Cafe brought some kimchi for Mr. Tate. Can you help to ask Mr. Tate if she can come up?"
Shelly felt embarrassed.
She did not want to deliver anything to Hayden at first. However, her mother made some and since Hayden treated both her and her mother to dinner during the weekend, her mother insisted on returning the favor.
Shelly did not think that a man of Hayden's status would be interested in homemade kimchi, but her mother insisted that it was thought that counted and that a favor had to be returned.
Sometime later, Hayden's secretary said, "Mr. Tate asked Ms. Taylor to come up."
"Okay." The receptionist hung up and smiled at Shelly. "Ms. Taylor, Mr. Tate asked you to go up. Let me take you to his office."
The receptionist warmly escorted Shelly to the elevator doors and pressed the floor button for her.
"After the elevator arrives just look for the office without a nameplate. That's Mr. Tate's office," the receptionist instructed.
"Okay, thank you!" Shelly thanked her, and the elevator doors slowly closed.
In no time, the elevator reached the designated floor, and with a 'ding,' the doors opened.
Hayden's assistant, Eliam, was waiting outside the elevator.
Seeing Shelly come out, he immediately greeted her warmly, "Ms. Taylor, I'm Mr. Tate's assistant, Eliam. Please follow me."
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